- http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/LED-286906/Leapfrogs-New-Safety-Report-Card-Alarms-Hospitals
- http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/print/LED-286906/Leapfrogs-New-Safety-Report-Card-Alarms-Hospitals
- http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/slideshow.cfm?content_id=286951&CFID=20515334&CFTOKEN=43149550
- http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/view_comments.cfm?content_id=286906&topic=WS_HLM2_LED
Provide names of other journalists involved.
Cheryl Clark
List date(s) this work was published or aired.
Nov. 28, 2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
The updated Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score gave 25 hospitals, including 520-bed Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, a failing grade of F, while another 121 hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic, got a barely passing D. Executives of several hospitals that received F scores were incensed, one declaring that Leapfrog was attempting to “extort” hospitals to join its voluntary reporting system. But Leapfrog’s CEO defended every point of the scoring
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
Original interviews, scoring database review
Explain types of human sources used.
Hospital and health system executives, American Hospital Assn executive, Leapfrog CEO
Results:
A spirited discussion followed in the Comments section of our site. The comments can be viewed at http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/view_comments.cfm?content_id=286906&topic=WS_HLM2_LED
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
To capitalize on high readership, we ran a slideshow the next day (Nov. 29, 2012) summarizing the original article. The slideshow can be viewed at http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/slideshow.cfm?content_id=286951&CFID=20515334&CFTOKEN=43149550
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Ratings systems are of increasing interest to hospital executives, who fear that more and more patients will shop around.